hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but denies claims that they are surrounded. russia has also fired more missiles at cities in the north and south. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies the claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targetting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. the ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by rus
hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
are now in disarray. my guest isjosef aschbacher, director general of the european space agency. is europe destined to be an also ran in the space race? josef aschbacher, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. let s start where i started in that introduction your relationship with russia. it has exposed, has it not, the war with ukraine, the degree to which you ve had to sever ties with the russian space agency? it s exposed a dangerous overreliance on cooperation with moscow? i mean, it is true that with the invasion of russia in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in ukraine, it was a wake up call for many of us in the energy sector, in many other parts, that we suddenly have a war in front of our doors and also in space. and in space, what actually happened is exactly the same as in many other domains. the heads of states and heads of government of many european countries were encouraging everyone to embrace russia, to work with russia, get ru
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the pull and real madrid fans to set down paris. dramatic pictures from torquay marina where an 85 foot superyacht has sunk after a major fire on board. people travelling abroad are facing disruption at airports, stations and on the roads as the half term gateway begins. us presidentjoe biden confirms he will visit uvalde tomorrow to meet with the families of the 19 children and two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in texas. more conservative mps publicly declare they have no confidence in the prime minister after sue gray s report into lockdown parties in downing street. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. we allow ahead of the champions league final. we are live. liverpool fans have already been loving paris in the springtime, convinced it will be the seventh time that they are crowned kings of europe. but real madrid are the greatest in this competition, and are looking to complete their own english treble after knocking out chel